June 30, 2023
Fourth of July Movie Guide: American Landscapes Onscreen
To mark the Fourth of July holiday, AFI is celebrating the urban and rural iconography representing the vast diversity of landscapes across the United States. We recognize the natural beauty and rich cultural heritage from sea to shining sea, captured in the following powerful films that have been named to our AFI lists, honored with...
June 28, 2023
MACBETH (1948) – AFI Movie Club
A stark cinematic rendering of one of the immortal Bard’s most enduring masterworks, MACBETH (1948) bubbles and burns with rich, literate atmosphere by one of the art form’s modern masters, director and star Orson Welles – recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award in recognition of his own inarguable contributions to our global cultural heritage....
June 27, 2023
AFI and Canva Partner to Empower Rising Filmmakers with Scholarship Initiative at AFI Conservatory
Today, AFI announced the launch of a multifaceted partnership with Canva to empower rising filmmakers and improve access to the tools and skills necessary to realize their creative visions. Starting this year, as part of the new endeavor, Canva will establish The Canva Fellowship at the AFI Conservatory which provides scholarships for six AFI Fellows...
June 25, 2023
THE IMITATION GAME (2014) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring a complex and layered performance from Benedict Cumberbatch, THE IMITATION GAME (2014) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2014 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “THE IMITATION GAME reveals a new piece in the puzzle of the Allied victory...
June 22, 2023
HEIDI (1937) – AFI Movie Club
An oft-adapted story from the beloved novel of the same name by Johanna Spyri, HEIDI (1937) tells the tale of a quintessentially good-natured young orphan sent to live in the Swiss alps with her reclusive grandfather. The classic character is brought to life by the incomparable Shirley Temple – named by the American Film Institute...
June 21, 2023
AFI Announces the Participants for the 2023 AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women
Today, AFI announced the participants for the 2023 edition of the AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women (CIW) presented by Panavision. The four-day intensive, spearheaded by AFI Conservatory Cinematography Discipline Head Stephen Lighthill, ASC, will begin Thursday, June 22 on the AFI Campus in Los Angeles and continue through Sunday, June 25. The CIW participants come...
June 20, 2023
GIGI (1958) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by the great Vincente Minnelli, GIGI (1958) was named by the American Film Institute among the greatest filmed love stories of all time – with Maurice Chevalier’s wistful “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” also appearing on AFI’s list of the most memorable movie music. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about GIGI. Have...
June 18, 2023
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring nuanced and heartbreaking performances from AFI Life Achievement Award honorees Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep, KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979) explores the fallout from the dissolution of a marriage – including its lasting effects on all parties involved, especially where concerned with the care and custody of the couple’s young child. Visit the AFI Catalog...
June 15, 2023
ROPE (1948) – AFI Movie Club
A meticulous murder mystery unfolding in real time (and ostensibly in a single, unbroken shot), ROPE (1948) was brought to the screen by two recipients of the AFI Life Achievement Award – director Alfred Hitchcock and star James Stewart. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about ROPE. Have Get The Picture delivered to your...
June 14, 2023
UNBROKEN (2014) – AFI Movie Club
A rousing true story directed by Angelina Jolie and produced by AFI Alum Matthew Baer (AFI Class of 1986), UNBROKEN (2014) was recognized in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “UNBROKEN stands tall as a monument to...
June 13, 2023
SILVERADO (1985) – AFI Movie Club
A rousing Western adventure cut from old cloth but embroidered with the sensibilities of a modern master, co-writer/director (and AFI Honorary Degree recipient) Lawrence Kasdan’s SILVERADO (1985) features an inarguable all-star ensemble that includes Scott Glenn, Rosanna Arquette, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum and Linda Hunt – with Kevin Kline...
June 11, 2023
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE – AFI Movie Club
Named by the American Film Institute as one of cinema’s greatest screen heroes – whose iconic character introduction and drink order appeared among AFI’s greatest movie quotes of all time – James Bond began his larger-than-life cinematic legacy with a portrayal from AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Sean Connery, who returned for a second installment...
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